Why do I have to downclock my Athlon XP
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Why do I have to downclock my Athlon XP
Hi everyone
I bought an XP 3000+ Barton CPU on eBay about 6 months ago and since I have it, I need to downclock it to 158 Mhz or my computer has random crashes. I changed the RAM, motherboard, graphic card and PSU since that time and, no changes. I still have the sameproblem. The temperature on idle at 50C and peak at about 56C so I don't think that's the problem
Here's my system:
Athlon XP 3000+ Barton (166mhz)
ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe
Enermax Noisetaker 2.0 EG495P-VE SFMA 2.0 485 watts
Zalman CNPS7000B AlCu
ATI AIW Radeon 7500
There are no visible defects on the core and I always use a CPU shim.
Did any one ever had that problem ? or have a solution ?
I bought an XP 3000+ Barton CPU on eBay about 6 months ago and since I have it, I need to downclock it to 158 Mhz or my computer has random crashes. I changed the RAM, motherboard, graphic card and PSU since that time and, no changes. I still have the sameproblem. The temperature on idle at 50C and peak at about 56C so I don't think that's the problem
Here's my system:
Athlon XP 3000+ Barton (166mhz)
ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe
Enermax Noisetaker 2.0 EG495P-VE SFMA 2.0 485 watts
Zalman CNPS7000B AlCu
ATI AIW Radeon 7500
There are no visible defects on the core and I always use a CPU shim.
Did any one ever had that problem ? or have a solution ?
I have an old 733mhz Celeron next to me on the floor that is slightly overclocked from 633mhz. It also crashes randomly, but luckily I've gotten two other computers after it that were stable.
One thing we both have in common, we have processors that were previously owned by other people. =\
This may be the problem with some tinkering on their part that made the products permanently damaged at a certain point.
I'd just go at the reduced speed, and stick to buying OEM and Retail from reseller sites and not ebay.
One thing we both have in common, we have processors that were previously owned by other people. =\
This may be the problem with some tinkering on their part that made the products permanently damaged at a certain point.
I'd just go at the reduced speed, and stick to buying OEM and Retail from reseller sites and not ebay.
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Re: Why do I have to downclock my Athlon XP
I think you already figured out the problemmr_plow_king wrote:I bought an XP 3000+ Barton CPU on eBay about 6 months ago and since I have it, I need to downclock it to 158 Mhz or my computer has random crashes.
I believe people are selling fake athlon xps on ebay too.
Check the model number (it's usually on the CPU core, so you might have to clean off your thermal paste) and compare it with this list
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I was curious about the topic, so I did some searching.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/displa ... 84049.html
http://forums.amd.com/lofiversion/index.php/t48267.html
Apparently, one of the modes of fakery is to take a lower cost mobile CPU and cut/bridge links to make it appear to be other than what it is. While WE might like it for power dissipation/silencing reasons....
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/displa ... 84049.html
http://forums.amd.com/lofiversion/index.php/t48267.html
Apparently, one of the modes of fakery is to take a lower cost mobile CPU and cut/bridge links to make it appear to be other than what it is. While WE might like it for power dissipation/silencing reasons....